Ingredients

  • 500 grams ground pork
  • 4 tsp fresh grated ginger
  • 4 red Chili peppers
  • 5 limes
  • 100 ml soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 egg
  • 100 grams breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 300 grams grated carrots
  • 1 cucumber, halved, pitted and thinly sliced
  • 100 grams radishes, thinly sliced
  • 2 spring onions, coarsely chopped
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp grated ginger or finely chopped pickled ginger
  • 2 tsp pickled ginger juice
  • 1 tbsp fishsauce
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 red chili, seeds removed
  • 1 handful of peanuts
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds

Method

  • Remember, all quantities in this recipe are guesses.
  • Vary wherever and however you want!
  • Mix together: pork, 4 tsp grated ginger, 4 chopped chili peppers, the grated rind of 4-5 limes, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, egg and breadcrumbs.
  • Form pork mixture into 1-1.5 inch meatballs.
  • For extra crunch, roll them in breadcrumbs.
  • Let's make the salad.
  • Cut everything to appropriate size: carrots, cucumber, radishes and spring onions.
  • Toss the heck out of it.
  • Proceed to dressing.
  • You guessed it, throw it all together, close container and shake!
  • Sesame oil, ginger, ginger juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, chili.
  • Almost there!
  • Peanuts and sesame seeds in a hot pan.
  • Toss until light, light brown, remove from pan.
  • Remember, they keep browning a bit after removing from the pan due to the heat in the oil in the nuts!
  • Toss salad with dressing.
  • Fry pork meatballs until beautifully golden.
  • Put salad on plate, throw peanut mixture over salad, stack meatballs on top.
  • Garnish with leftover spring onions.
  • Enjoy!